KUWAIT: Director General of Kuwait News Agency (KUNA) Dr Fatma Al-Salem on Tuesday met with a visiting Gulf electronic media team on ways of fostering bilateral e-media cooperation. Welcoming the visiting team of the Committee of the Electronic Media in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), Dr Al-Salem underlined the significance of electronic media to news coverage, but stressed that it is necessary to ensure news credibility.

She pointed out that her agency is keen to build bridges of cooperation between Gulf media agencies with a view to sharpening and strengthening news expertise and capabilities. The Gulf media officials, in turn, spoke highly of KUNA's coverage of local and regional events, especially ones pertinent to the GCC member states. The Gulf media team's visit is part of a program of Gulf media personnel visits to attend activities held on the sidelines of a meeting of Arab media officials, hosted by Kuwait. - KUNA